Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few times " in BNC.
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1 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
2 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
3 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
4 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
5 | It was one of the few times that the pulp glossy pop press produced journalism worth reading . |
6 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
7 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
8 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
9 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
10 | It was a perfect day of hot sun with a light following wind , one of the few times that we were able to sunbathe . |
11 | Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened . |
12 | It was one of the few times in my life when I actually spoke the truth . |
13 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
14 | Yeah , erm when we went in there for a few times used to get headaches and that . |
15 | Go on Jo go , go on Jo , go and get your word in that we 've missed off a few times . |
16 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
17 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
18 | She had done this before a few times perhaps , but not that many times . |
19 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
20 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |
21 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
22 | Three girls , see you 're lucky really cos if they 'd had three boys an i , in a few times , you know , ten years time like , they 'd have all , the boys would of been growing up and they 'd have had cars stuck everywhere , you know what I mean ? |
23 | To prevent the ‘ feet ’ of wheelbarrows wearing away prematurely , reinforce them with a coathanger wire coiled tightly round a few times . |
24 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
25 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
26 | He might look like an old man who 's been run over a few times to you , but to me … ’ he puffed his chest out even further ‘ … he 's a vicious criminal . ’ |
27 | tossed over a few times in the night , burnt me eyes out |
28 | You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ? |
29 | to go over a few times . |
30 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |